In two days, ABC, NBC and CBS have spent 30 minutes, 1
second on Cecil, a famed African lion shot by an American dentist. But anchors
couldn’t spare nearly as much time for the videos exposing Planned Parenthood’s
harvesting of aborted baby parts. Since the release of the Center for Medical
Progress’ first video two weeks ago, the networks have spent only 11 minutes,
13 seconds on the story.

Not since July 21 have the networks mentioned the videos,
which means they completely censored the third video[2] unveiled July 28. The fourth video[3] was released Thursday morning.

But since Tuesday night, every news show from ABC, NBC and
CBS has poured minutes into the story about Cecil.

On July 29, anchor Lester Holt noted the “anger” and
“outcry” during NBC’s Nightly News,
while host David Muir stressed the “outrage” for ABC World News Tonight.

For ABC’s Good Morning
America on July 30, anchor George Stephanopoulos noted the dentist now
“vilified across the internet.” (Speaking of the internet, the Planned
Parenthood videos boast millions of views online …)

That same day, both CBS This
Morning and NBC’s Today
recognized the “worldwide outrage.”

During This Morning,
CBS co-anchor Gayle King repeated the exact same words[1] she used to
describe the story July 29: “The more you about hear this story, the more
upsetting it is.”

Seems as if it’s the opposite is true for the story of
Planned Parenthood workers laughing over[4] “five-star” baby parts.

NBC’s Today host
Matt Lauer commented, “Dr. Palmer is getting it from every corner. The outrage
is enormous. Social media, the front page of newspapers, celebrities weighing
in.”

Aside from the network news, others chimed in on the story,
from a teary-eyed Jimmy Kimmel[7] to PETA. “All wild
animals are beloved by their own mates and infants,” the animal-rights group’s press release [8]read, “but to hunters like this
overblown, over-privileged little man, who lack empathy, understanding, and
respect for living creatures, they are merely targets to kill...”

British journalist Piers Morgan went one step further[9], saying, “I will sell
tickets for $50,000 to anyone who wants to come with me and track down fat,
greedy, selfish, murderous businessmen like Dr Palmer,” Morgan wrote, before
adding “Then we’d calmly walk over, skin him alive, cut his head from his neck,
and took [sic] a bunch of photos of us all grinning inanely at his quivering
flesh.”

Similarly, the media stayed silent on the case of
Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell. Gosnell's trial, in which witnesses described[15] baby abortion survivors “swimming"
in toilets “to get out,” attracted[16] a scant 12 – 15 reporters. Only
after 56 days, multiple letters from members of the House of Representatives
and a public outcry, did all three broadcast networks report [17]on Gosnell.